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Yojimbo

Critics' Rating:

Release Year:
1961

MPAA Rating:NR

Genre:Adventure, Dark Comedy

Director:Akira Kurosawa

A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival businessmen are struggling for control of the local gambling trade. Taking the name Sanjuro Kuwabatake, the ronin convinces both silk merchant Tazaemon and sake merchant Tokuemon to hire him as a personal bodyguard, then artfully sets in motion a full-scale gang war between the two ambitious and unscrupulous men.

Cast
:

Toshirô Mifune

Sanjuro Kuwabatake

Tatsuya Nakadai

Unosuke

Eijiro Tono

Gonji, tavern keeper

Takashi Shimura

Tokuemon

Seizaburô Kawazu

Seibei

Isuzu Yamada

Orin

Hiroshi Tachikawa

Yoichiro

Kyû Sazanka

Ushitora

Daisuke Kato

Inokichi

Yosuke Natsuki

Kohei's Son

Kamatari Fujiwara

Tazaemon

Ikio Sawamura

Hansuke

Atsushi Watanabe

The Cooper (Coffin-Maker)

Susumu Fujita

Homma

Producers
:

Akira Kurosawa

Writers
:

Ryûzô Kikushima
,
Akira Kurosawa

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